The peabody museum, frederic W. putnam, and the rise of U.S. anthropology, 1866-1903

American Anthropologist

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 508-519

  Browman, David L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frederic Ward Putnam; Peabody Museum; U.S. archaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644433994     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.2.508     Document Type: Article

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